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Begin the scenes at Impossible Foods

You might not have heard of Impossible Foods, but if things go right they could be the game changer in the meat industry. They're making hamburgers in a lab, out of plant materials. Apparently they're very difficult to distinguish from a real beef patty and probably impossible to do so when they're smothered in ketchup and mayo.

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Engineering manager Adam Shanebrook displays a small scale fermentor using yeast to produce the leghemoglobin for a plant-based hamburger during a media tour of Impossible Foods labs and processing plant in Redwood City, BECK DIEFENBACH/REUTERS

A small scale production line of the leghemoglobin for a plant-based hamburger is displayed during a media tour of Impossible Foods labs and processing plant in Redwood City, California BECK DIEFENBACH/REUTERS

A small scale production line of the leghemoglobin for a plant-based hamburger is displayed during a media tour of Impossible Foods labs and processing plant in Redwood City, California BECK DIEFENBACH/REUTERS

A small scale fermentor using yeast to produce the leghemoglobin for a plant-based hamburger is displayed during a media tour of Impossible Foods labs and processing plant in Redwood City, California BECK DIEFENBACH/REUTERS